FOUNDATION GRANTS | Award recipients

The Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley announced Wednesday the award of $124,800 in grants to 29 nonprofit organizations across Mahoning and Trumbull counties for the quarter ended June 30. More information about community foundation grants is available at the foundation’s website, www.cfmv.org. Large grant awards went to:

Stambaugh Auditorium Capital Campaign: $45,000, a communitywide effort to renovate the landmark Youngstown performing arts center on Youngstown’s North Side. These funds came from the Kennedy Family Fund and the John S. and Doris M. Andrews Memorial Fund, two of the funds managed by the community foundation.

YWCA of Warren’s Summer Day Camp: $18,000, a five-week program for middle-school-age girls with curriculum focused on science, technology, engineering, arts and math. Funds came from the Kennedy Family Fund, the Ralph E. and Esther K. Meacham Memorial Fund and other funds.

Student Aspirations Project in the Youngstown City School District: $12,000, a three-year plan to change the culture in the schools. (Funds from the Youngstown City Schools Foundation.)

Neighborhood Ministries: $10,000 for after-school and summer children’s programs at its Rockford Village community center in Youngstown and its Kirwan Homes center in Campbell. (Kennedy Family Fund).

These additional organizations also received grants of $1,000 or more from one or a combination of the funds the community foundation manages:

The Salvation Army-Warren Corps: $8,000 for the Warren Drop-In Center (The Kennedy Family Fund and the Ralph E. and Esther K. Meacham Memorial Fund).

Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County: $7,500 for the 2014 Summer Reading Program (The Kennedy Family Fund).

Girl Scouts of North East Ohio: $5,000 for the Low Ropes Challenge Course at Camp Sugarbush (Kennedy Family Fund).

Junior Achievement of the Mahoning Valley: $5,000 for Junior Achievement K-12 programs JA Graduation Pathways (The Community Foundation Unrestricted Fund).

‚ãOCCHA Inc.: $5,000 for the OCCHA Youth Program-Afterschool and Summer Day Camp (The Kennedy Family Fund).‚ã

Tabernacle Baptist Church: $5,000 for the Children’s Defense Fund Summer Freedom School Project.

Fine Arts Council of Trumbull County: $3,000 for The Robins Project: “The Sign of Change” Campaign (Ralph E. and Esther K. Meacham Memorial Fund).

Ballet Western Reserve: $1,000 for BWR scholarships for financially challenged students and families (Kennedy Family Fund).

These organizations received smaller grants:

Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley; Angels for Animals; Beatitude House; Boardman Rotary Association; Greater Western Reserve Council, Boy Scouts; Humility of Mary Health Partners Development Foundation; Mahoning County Juvenile Court Advisory Board; Mahoning Valley Historical Society; Men’s Garden Club of Youngstown; Neil Kennedy Recovery Center; Philanthropy Ohio; Rich Center for Autism; ‚ãSalineville Southern Alumni Community Scholarship Foundation; Senior Independence Senior Center; United Way of Youngstown/Mahoning Valley; Westminster College; and The Youngstown Playhouse.